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(230311) -- PARIS, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron (C) welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 10, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted on Friday in Paris to mend bilateral relations strained by disputes in recent years over a fishing deal, illegal migration through the Channel, and Australian submarine contract stab. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-PARIS-PRESIDENT-BRITISH PM-MEETING

(230311) -- PARIS, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron (L front) welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 10, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted on Friday in Paris to mend bilateral relations strained by disputes in recent years over a fishing deal, illegal migration through the Channel, and Australian submarine contract stab. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-PARIS-PRESIDENT-BRITISH PM-MEETING

(230311) -- PARIS, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron (C) welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 10, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted on Friday in Paris to mend bilateral relations strained by disputes in recent years over a fishing deal, illegal migration through the Channel, and Australian submarine contract stab. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-PARIS-PRESIDENT-BRITISH PM-MEETING

(230311) -- PARIS, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron (R front) welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 10, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted on Friday in Paris to mend bilateral relations strained by disputes in recent years over a fishing deal, illegal migration through the Channel, and Australian submarine contract stab. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-PARIS-PRESIDENT-BRITISH PM-MEETING

(230311) -- PARIS, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 10, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted on Friday in Paris to mend bilateral relations strained by disputes in recent years over a fishing deal, illegal migration through the Channel, and Australian submarine contract stab. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-PARIS-PRESIDENT-BRITISH PM-MEETING

(230311) -- PARIS, March 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron (C) welcomes British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 10, 2023. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted on Friday in Paris to mend bilateral relations strained by disputes in recent years over a fishing deal, illegal migration through the Channel, and Australian submarine contract stab. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: China prioritizes people's health in COVID-19 fight

(221224) -- BEIJING, Dec. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Peng Zhiyong (L), head of the department of critical care medicine of Zhongnan Hospital, and Huang Shuli, who is on the mend, bid Chinese Lunar New Year greetings to each other in the intensive care unit (ICU) ward of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

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Japanese Deputy PM Aso, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) speaking with reporters after attending a meeting of finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing, China, on Oct. 22, 2014, and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli speaking at the APEC finance ministers' meeting. Aso had a chat with Zhang on the sidelines of the meeting, telling him that the first official meeting between the top leaders of the two countries should be held the following month to mend relations badly strained by territorial and wartime historical issues.

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China's ambassador urges Japan efforts to mend ties

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua says at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, that Japan must make more efforts to mend frayed ties with his country and realize bilateral summit talks.

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Japan lawmakers, China vice president agree to improve ties

BEIJING, China - A group of Japanese lawmakers, including Kiyohiko Toyama (R) of the New Komeito party and Democratic Party of Japan's Goshi Hosono, attend a press conference in Beijing, China, on Aug. 18, 2014, after meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao. Both sides agreed the two countries need to mend bilateral relations damaged over territorial and historical issues.

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Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe hopes to help mend Japan-S. Korea ties

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to the press before his departure for Seoul from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on July 23, 2014. He said he hopes to promote dialogue and cooperation with the South Korean capital to help repair ties between the two countries, soured over territorial and history-related disputes.

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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China's 4th-ranked politician meets Japan's SDP head

BEIJING, China - China's fourth-highest ranking Communist Party member Yu Zhengsheng (R) meets with Japan's Social Democratic Party head Tadatomo Yoshida on June 24, 2014, in Beijing. The meeting was held at a time when the two countries are struggling to mend relations badly frayed over territorial and historical issues. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Ex-Japan envoy to China

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks during a symposium in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Niwa said the two countries and South Korea should try to hold a trilateral summit by the spring of 2014 to mend ties strained by territorial disputes.

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China on Tokyo's Olympic hosting

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Sept. 9, 2013. The spokesman stopped short of congratulating Tokyo for winning the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, and instead urged Japan to make more efforts to mend bilateral ties frayed over an island dispute.

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Researcher on Asia security

TOKYO, Japan - Tai Ming Cheung, associate professor at the University of California, San Diego, and director of its Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012. The long-time researcher on security affairs in Asia urged Japan and China to deepen their dialogue in a concerted effort to mend bilateral relations frayed by a dispute over a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea.

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Japan, S. Korea foreign ministers in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan meet in New York on Sept. 27, 2012. The two countries are seeking to mend their bilateral relationship which has soured over a territorial dispute and other issues. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China to hold talks

BEIJING, China - Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 24, 2012, for vice ministerial talks between Japan and China in the Chinese capital, in a bid to mend bilateral ties following Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands claimed by China.

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N. Korea urges Noda to mend ties

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's No. 2 leader, Kim Yong Nam, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News and three other Japanese news organizations in Pyongyang on Sept. 1, 2011. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, urged Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to move to improve bilateral ties.

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N. Korea urges Noda to mend ties

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's No. 2 leader, Kim Yong Nam, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News and three other Japanese news organizations in Pyongyang on Sept. 1, 2011. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, urged Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to move to improve bilateral ties.

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N. Korea urges Noda to mend ties

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's No. 2 leader, Kim Yong Nam, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News and three other Japanese news organizations in Pyongyang on Sept. 1, 2011. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, urged Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to move to improve bilateral ties.

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Japanese PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Kan is considering a visit to China possibly in the spring of 2011 in an effort to mend bilateral ties that have soured since the September 2010 maritime collisions between a Chinese fishing boat and two Japanese patrol boats in waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands, sources said Dec. 30, 2010.

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China raps Japan foreign minister

BEIJING, China - Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 21, 2010. Hu criticized Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara for using ''extreme words'' to ''attack'' China at a time when the two countries are trying to mend ties soured by a territorial dispute.

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DPJ lawmaker Eda talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Senior Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Satsuki Eda speaks to reporters in Beijing on Oct. 19, 2010 after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Eda, former president of the House of Councillors, said the two agreed to make efforts to mend bilateral ties, which have deteriorated since the recent maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Chinese spokeswoman Jiang Yu at press conference

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2010. She called for sincere and practical actions by Japan to mend bilateral relations that have been strained over maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands.

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Chinese spokeswoman Jiang Yu at press conference

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 28, 2010. She called for sincere and practical actions by Japan to mend bilateral relations that have been strained over maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands.

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Japan looking for ways to mend soured ties with China

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2010. Kan said he is considering attending a summit of Asian and European leaders in Belgium on Oct. 4 to 5, a move seen as an attempt to seize an opportunity to meet on the sidelines with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in an effort to mend Tokyo's soured ties with Beijing.

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Gov't again orders retailer Kojima to observe recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Akitoshi Kojima (L), president of Kojima Co., receives an order from an official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Dec. 5 for the second time to mend its conduct and observe the recycling law after the home appliance store chain operator was found to have failed to transfer 76,745 used products to manufacturers after collecting them for recycling from consumers in numerous parts of the country.

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84 lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 84 lawmakers, including eight Cabinet members, visited the war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Oct. 18 for its annual fall festival amid efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mend ties with China and South Korea over history issues.

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Abe vows to mend Asia ties, create 'beautiful nation'

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in the Diet on Sept. 29.

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Yasukuni issue must be resolved for Japan-China ties: DPJ's Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 19. Ozawa who recently visited China said that the issue of Yasukuni Shrine must be resolved for Japan to mend fences with China.

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Japan, China hold subcabinet-level talks to mend soured ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo pose for photos prior to the start of bilateral subcabinet-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 10.

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Aso meets with Chinese vice foreign minister to mend ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Chinese Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9 prior to their talks.

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Chinese ambassador says bilateral talks will mend soured ties

AOMORI, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi said in Aomori on April 22 that talks between Japan and China will help mend recently deteriorated bilateral ties.

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Koizumi welcomes sign of China seeking rapprochement

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his office on April 20. The premier indicated he welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing's instruction to curb unauthorized anti-Japan rallies as a sign that China has begun to seek to mend fences. ''There was a clear tone (in Li's instruction) that the 2,000-year-long history of friendship between Japan and China should be treasured... We can share that idea,'' Koizumi said.

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Nagano Gov. Tanaka hopes to improve ties with assembly

ASAHI, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka, who was reelected as governor of Nagano Prefecture on Sept. 1, speaks to reporters in the village of Asahi in the prefecture on Sept. 2 about his hopes for his second-term in office, saying he wants to mend relations with the prefectural assembly.

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China welcomes Koizumi's apology

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi comments on Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Beijing at a news briefing Oct. 9. Sun welcomed Koizumi's apology to Chinese victims of Japan's war of aggression but urged Japan to make more efforts to mend bilateral ties.

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Koizumi visits Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd from R, foreground) visits the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing on Oct. 8, the site of the 1937 clash that triggered an eight-year war between Japan and China. Koizumi arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for a one-day trip to mend soured relations between the two countries.

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China's Hu calls on Japan to make efforts to mend ties

BEIJING, China - Morihiro Hosokawa (L), former Japanese prime minister, shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 4 prior to their talks. Hu said that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine hurt Japan-China ties and called on Japan to reflect on what it should do to develop bilateral relations.

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China says it's up to Japan to mend strained ties

BEIJING, China - China's Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (R) shakes hands with Otohiko Endo, a former House of Representatives member who is heading a delegation of Japanese lawmakers to the country, prior to their talks at China's Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Aug. 27. Tang was quoted as telling the group that it is up to the Japanese government to take the initiative to mend bilateral ties soured by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine.

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Koizumi hopes to meet with Kim to mend ties

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells reporters at his official residence Aug. 15 that he hopes to meet with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung to discuss ways to improve bilateral relations, which have become strained due to Koizumi's controversial visit to Yasukuni Shrine earlier this week.

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Koizumi repeats pledge to fix deficit-ridden finances

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi gestures as he answers a question at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in the Diet in Tokyo on May 14. He repeated his pledge to mend Japan's deficit-ridden finances.

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Koizumi says will not raise tax to fix fiscal imbalance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in one of his first performances in the Diet on May 9, pledges to mend the nation's deficit-ridden finances without raising taxes. ''A tax increase is not my goal,'' the premier told a House of Representatives plenary session in response to a question by Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

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Israeli-Turkish defense ministers meet for 1st time since 2010

STORY: Israeli-Turkish defense ministers meet for 1st time since 2010 DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Türkiye on Thursday for the first meeting between the two countries' defense ministers since 2010 after years of strain in bilateral ties. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with Gantz in the capital Ankara, Türkiye's Defense Ministry said in a statement. The Turkish-Israeli relations were strained in 2010 when a Turkish-led flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip clashed with Israeli forces, leaving 10 Turks on board killed. The two countries, however, have been working to mend their ties this year. In August, Türkiye and Israel decided to reappoint ambassadors, four years after they expelled each other's envoy after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians protesting on the Gaza border against the opening of the U.S. embassy in Je

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Turkey seeks to mend ties with regional heavyweights amid economic woes

STORY: Turkey seeks to mend ties with regional heavyweights amid economic woes DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:35 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Turkey 2. various of the meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid in the capital Ankara 3. various of people shopping in Turkey 4. various of Turkish Lira 5. various of people shopping in Turkey 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Foreign policy analyst, Ankara bureau chief of Hurriyet Daily News 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Foreign policy analyst, Ankara bureau chief of Hurriyet Daily News 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish) : TULIN DALOGLU, Ankara-based Middle Eastern foreign policy analyst 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish) : TULIN DALOGLU, Ankara-based Middle Eastern foreign policy analyst STORYLINE: Liquidity challenges and "worst economic woes in two decade

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UKRAINE-KIEV-MARTIAL LAW-EXTENSION

(220321) -- KIEV, March 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People line up to get plastic covers to mend broken windows on March 17, 2022 in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill extending martial law in Ukraine, the press service of Ukraine's parliament said Sunday. The legislation extended the current martial law for 30 days starting March 26. (Photo by Diego Herrera/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-KIEV-MARTIAL LAW-EXTENSION

(220321) -- KIEV, March 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People line up to get plastic covers to mend broken windows on March 17, 2022 in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill extending martial law in Ukraine, the press service of Ukraine's parliament said Sunday. The legislation extended the current martial law for 30 days starting March 26. (Photo by Diego Herrera/Xinhua)

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Koizumi welcomes sign of China seeking rapprochement

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks with reporters at his office on April 20. The premier indicated he welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing's instruction to curb unauthorized anti-Japan rallies as a sign that China has begun to seek to mend fences. ''There was a clear tone (in Li's instruction) that the 2,000-year-long history of friendship between Japan and China should be treasured... We can share that idea,'' Koizumi said. (Kyodo)

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Aso meets with Chinese vice foreign minister to mend ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Chinese Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China hold subcabinet-level talks to mend soured ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo pose for photos prior to the start of bilateral subcabinet-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 10. (Kyodo)